SD-WAN L2 Engineer
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Subject: SD-WAN L2 Engineer – Your Name
Closes Sep 28 · 3 days left
Job type
Full Time
Qualification
BA/BSc/HND
Experience
3 - 6 years
Location
Nairobi
Deadline
Sep 28
Job description & requirements
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Experience: 3 - 6 years in Networking, including 2+ years hands-on SD-WAN
Working Hours: Rotational shifts + on-call support
Reporting to: NOC Manager / Network Operations Manager
About the Role
- We are looking for an experienced SD-WAN L2 Engineer to provide advanced troubleshooting, configuration and operational support across multivendor SD-WAN environments. The role will own escalated incidents, execute approved changes and provide technical guidance to L1 engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot escalated SD-WAN, routing, tunnel, security and application performance issues.
- Diagnose overlay/underlay failures, packet loss, latency, jitter, MTU and routing issues.
- Configure and troubleshoot traffic steering, QoS, segmentation and WAN failover.
- Support device onboarding, configuration deployments, replacements, upgrades and backups.
- Troubleshoot BGP/OSPF, IPsec VPNs, NAT and LAN/WAN integration.
- Execute approved changes with proper validation and rollback procedures.
- Analyze logs and packet captures and conduct root cause analysis.
- Coordinate with OEMs, ISPs, field engineers and customers during incidents.
- Mentor L1 engineers and maintain technical documentation and SOPs.
Technical Expertise
- Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela): vManage, vSmart, vBond, cEdge/vEdge, OMP, TLOCs, BFD, IPsec, policies & segmentation.
- VMware SD-WAN (VeloCloud): Orchestrator, Edges, Gateways, Business Policies, DMPO, HA & routing integration.
- Fortinet Secure SD-WAN: FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, SD-WAN rules, IPsec, routing & HA.
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, NAT, QoS, IPsec and network segmentation.
- Experience with MPLS, leased lines, broadband and LTE/5G backup links.
- Proficiency in CLI troubleshooting, packet capture and incident/change management.
Requirements
- 3 - 6 years of networking experience, including 2+ years hands-on SD-WAN support.
- Strong expertise in at least one listed SD-WAN platform and working knowledge of the others.
- Degree/Diploma in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.
- CCNP or relevant vendor certification preferred.
- Strong communication, incident ownership and documentation skills.
- Scripting, API or network automation knowledge is an advantage.
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